JUMP OR WASHOUT !

Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

JOB WAS A VERY SPECIAL KIND OF PERSON, WHICH IS WHY THE LORD ALLOWED HIM TO ENDURE ALL THAT THE DEVIL DID TO HIM.

GOD ALL READY KNEW JOB WOULD STAND, BUT SATAN, AND EVEN JOB NEEDED TO SEE THAT HE WOULD STAND.

THIS IS A MIGHTY, MIGHTY BOLD STATEMENT TO BE MADE BY ANYONE, AT ANYTIME, LET ALONE SOMEONE THAT HAS ALREADY ENDURED ALL THAT JOB HAD UP TO THIS POINT, ESPECIALLY NOT KNOWING WHAT LAID AHEAD.

I AM REMINDED OF ABRAHAM AND HIS BELIEF, LOVE, TRUST, AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ALMIGHTY.

IT IS EVIDENT TO ME THROUGH THESE GREAT MEN OF GOD, AND THROUGH PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT ONLY THOSE POSSESSING GENUINE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD WOULD, OR EVEN COULD MAKE SUCH BOLD STATEMENTS AS THESES MEN OF GOD DID.

ABRAHAM WHILE HEADING UP THE MOUNTAIN TO SACRIFICE HIS PROMISED SON MADE THE BOLD STATEMENT OF FAITH THAT THEY BOTH WOULD RETURN.

JOB AFTER HAVING LOSS ALL BELONGINGS, AND EVERY CHILD PROCLAIMS THIS BOLD STATEMENT OF FAITH, THAT EVEN IF GOD WERE TO KILL HIM, HE WOULD STILL TRUST, BECAUSE LIFE WAS TRULY ALL JOB HAD LEFT.

ONCE AGAIN I AM INSTRUCTED TO POINT OUT TO US ALL THAT THESE WERE NOT MERELY STATEMENTS OF FAITH.

THESE WERE DECLARATIONS OF VERY STRONG, LONG AGO ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS WITH AN UNSEEN GOD THAT HAD NEVER FAILED THESE MEN OF GOD IN THE PAST, SO WHY SHOULD THEY BELIEVE HE WOULD NOW ?

WHEN WILL OUR FAITH, OR BETTER YET RELATIONSHIPS ATTAIN SUCH STATUS WITH GOD THAT HE CAN TRUST US WITH THE HIGH HONOR OF TESTS, TRIALS, AND SUFFERING AS HE DID THESE MEN OF GOD ?

THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS ALSO THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE WE'LL NEVER KNOW UNTIL WE ARE IN THE VERY MIDST OF THE SITUATION THAT THREATENS TO ACTUALLY CRUSH US, OR DRIVE US AWAY FROM GOD.

CAN WE SAY AS ABRAHAM THAT WE WILL BE BACK, UNLESS WE ARE FIRST INSTRUCTED TO SACRIFICE OUR LONG AWAITED PROMISES ?

WILL WE BE ABLE TO STATE WE WILL TRUST GOD EVEN IF HE SLAYS US, IF WE ARE NOT FIRST TRULY FACING DEATH ?

BROTHERS AND SISTERS WE ARE QUICKLY APPROACHING ZERO HOUR AND MANY OF US ARE ON THE BRINK OF BREAK THROUGH, BUT NOT BEFORE WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF DESTRUCTION.

WHAT WILL WE SAY, WHEN OUR ULTIMATE TEST IS STARING US IN THE FACE ?

AS A PARATROOPER I HEARD MANY A MAN STATE THEY WOULD JUMP FROM PLANES AND EARN THEIR WINGS.

THAT WAS UNTIL THE AIRPLANE DOOR OPENED AND THE SOUND WAS DEAFENING, AS THE PLANE ROCKED, AND THE GROUND LOOKED SO FAR AWAY.

MANY A MAN COMPLETED THE TRAINING ON THE GROUND, BUT THE TRUTH TO BEING A PARATROOPER IS JUMPING FROM PLANES.

THOSE THAT FAILED TO COMPLETE THE JUMP PORTION WERE WHAT WE CALLED WASHED OUT OF THE PROGRAM.

THEY WERE STILL SOLDIERS, THEY WERE JUST NOT OF THE ELITE BAND KNOWN AS PARATROOPERS.

MY POINT IS MEN CAN RUN LIKE PARATROOPERS, DO EXERCISES LIKE PARATROOPERS, DRESS LIKE PARATROOPERS, CALL CADENCE LIKE PARATROOPERS, BUT UNTIL YOU JUMP FROM A MILITARY AIRPLANE WITH 100 LBS OF EQUIPMENT, AND HIT THE GROUND RUNNING TOWARDS YOUR MISSION, YOU ARE NOT A PARATROOPER.

HOW MANY OF US TALK LIKE SPIRITUAL GIANTS, SING, WALK, ACT, AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS LIKE SPIRITUAL GIANTS.

MOST OF US ARE GUILTY OF THAT PROBABLY, BUT THE TIME IS AT HAND FOR US TO REALIZE THAT THE DOOR IS OPENING, THE GROUND IS FAR BELOW, AND IT'S TIME FOR US TO JUMP, OR WASH OUT OF THE PROGRAM.

WE CAN STILL BE CHRISTIANS, WE JUST WON'T BE KNOWN AS THE ELITE BAND OF SPIRITUAL GIANTS, OR TRUE MEN AND WOMEN OF GOD.



2DAYS PROPHETIC ADMONITION: IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ENJOY PRIVILEGE WITH GOD WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITY, OR WITHOUT SUFFERING FOR HIM!